I will update you guys as things progress!
So far I haven't done any new applications, I've been busy with other things and just researching the cards I'm interested in and taking your advice into account. I don't really have $200 + to put into a secured card ( I can if I have to but I would rather not) so I'm kind of shying away from that option at the moment.
The cards I'm the most interested in are the ones I mentioned on the first page, so I'm still kind of trying to figure out which would be the best to go for at the moment ( I only want to do one app right now).
Also I'm a she 
@Anonymous wrote:Ok so I feel I've done as much research as I can (or would like to do)
And it boils down to the:
Discover IT for Students
and Capital One Journey
I only want to apply for one right now, so which do you guys think I should go with? I don't do too much online shopping when I do it it's from Amazon and online clothing stores. Most of my purchases are at drugstores or grocery stores or miscellaneous activities / events that are relatively rare (i.e. concert tickets, going to the spa, out to eat every now and them, movie theaters etc). I don't really need rewards as I don't really forsee myself spending more in order to get said rewards, but I would like to earn spending how I normally do.
So which would you recommend. Or if you would recommend one of the others listed on the first page (BOFA student rewards card or Citi) actually not citi I've kind of ruled that one out.
Let me know! I want to put in my app online today! I just trying to do one right now and figure out the out come of that before I do another.
The Capital One Journey is simply the easiest student card to get. My brother received it before anything ever reported...the only issue many people have with it is that Capital One doesn't grow with you, unless they "review their CLI policies" real soon...
Not sure how Discover It for Students will go, my brother had a preselected mailing for Open Road Student and already had the Journey for 7 months...but I don't think it's even a student card anymore? Discover doesn't list "student" in his card description.
So best of luck! I would apply for Journey first, then maybe try your luck with Discover if you're feeling gutsy 
I highly recommend going student before going secured. I made the mistake of going secured first before looking at student cards and now i'm stuck with $1500 in an HSBC account with Orchard and who knows what the hell will happen to the deposit with the changeover to Cap One...i'm secretly hoping they unsecure and PC it so I get my deposit back